James McAvoy

Yes, an entire entry on James McAvoy, albeit, a short one.

Damn boy... those blue eyes can't be natural...

I adored him in Narnia, though I didn't recognize him at first.
I ached for him in Becoming Jane, when she left him in that inn.
I watched Wanted & Atonement because he was in it.
When the trailer for X-Men:First Class came around, I was gleefully applauding the casting choice for Prof X.

Yes yes - girlfriends who are reading this, you know full well how unabashed my obsession with James darkhairblueeyesenglishaccentdelicatefeaturesjustwalkedoutofavictoriannovel McAvoy is, so you shouldn't be surprised that I'm going on and on about him now.

Those luscious lips of his are just MADE for Austin & Shakespeare. I make no pretensions. This is not head-over-heels-love... this is legs-on-shoulders-lust. (Best phrase I heard today, btw...)

Oh and yes, by the way... X-Men First Class was worth the price of the ticket. I don't think it's worth the 3D price though.

4 iPad2: blogging blues

Ok so this damn thing is damn fidgety when it comes to blogging. The keypad is an ok size - I find I'm learning to type fairly quickly. I'm sure that I'll figure out how to navigate the damn auto-corrector too, eventually.

However, if you want to post en entry with a YouTube embedded,  i would recommend you poke yourself in the eye for fun instead. 

Problem 1: No YouTube embed code. 
The pad is designed to overcome the flash problem by automatically switching to a separate YouTube program, which does not come with embed codes. You could copy that from previous entries, you think? That leads me to ... 

Problem 2:  YOU CANNOT SCROLL IN THE HTLM FRAME.
Need an updated version of safari to be able to use the compose tab on blogspot. That's ok though. I edit HTML only anyway. 

However, infind that the damn entry frame is a no scroll zone! WTF?? Which means, to circumnavigate problem 1, if your prev entry is of any substantial length, you have to access the edit screen of the prev entry with the youtube embed, select all, copy, paste in note, delete the flak, reselect & recopy, and paste in the HTML edit frame of blogspot. 

And heaven help you if you go to a previous paragraph and want to go back to end of the piece. NO SCROLLING, remember?! I'm doing this entry in Note as we speak =p

Problem 3: the YouTube program does not give you the video URL.
Open a separate safari window, find the same damn YouTube video, and copy the URL from there. No, by the way, no embed codes here either.

Facebook notes function.
OK this isn't technically blogging, but I use it that way too, when i think the audience is appropriate, or if I'm tagging someone... so I'm putting this here.

Problem 4: cannot write notes.
Yes, at all. I'm using safari here, not some fancy app. Just good ol HTML. Can't do it. You can, however, key in the subject & tag the note... You just can't do any actual writing.

That's all I've come across so far... But then this was my first blog entry. I haven't even attempted anything fancy. =p

The best thing I heard today...

My Ee Poh said, "How are you going home?"
[insert dance of joy here]

Be still my beating heart...

When words fail, music speaks.
Hans Christian Anderson.

I went out dancing last night.
DJ Pietro techno-fied this song, but I could hear the original in my head.
I heard the phrase above on the radio today, and thought it fitting.
Sometimes, the universe speaks, but today it sang like the proverbial nightingale.

Comedy of Errors

Tonight's Comedy Club Asia performance will be held at 8:30pm as per the website, and not 9:00pm as per the ticket. I'm imagining the flood of disgruntled customers & thinking of Russell Peters.

Somebody's gonna get a hurt real bad...

People in PJ Live Arts Centre may need kevlar.

3 ipad2: case files

I decided on the C.E.O. Hybrid case from Marware.
It's as close to bullet-proof that I can get for under RM200.

Click here for website

Case is tough, reassuring in its stoic, ultra conservative finish. It's injection-moulded, and feels solid enough to be Lyn-proof... *laugh*

A brow-furrowing design fault: the clips are tight - as they should be, you may think... but the corner clips closest to the hinge are a little bit too much so, considering that you're constantly prying the ipad out of them so that you can fold it into easel mode.

I expect they'll wear out soon. This will replace my stiff upper clip (pun MOST DEFINITELY intended) problem for the "will it drop out" worry. To be fair, I expect the other 2 clips will prevent that, really...

That being said, now I'm having problems getting the anti-glare, smudge & grease-resistant, reusable, re-washable & colour-swap screen protector that I want: the iVisor because the iPhone.my review leads me to believe that the case may be too tight for the iVisor to fit.

Ricky's solution? "Don't need a screen protector loh..."
My response? "Fuck no! Can't live without one! Already wipe that thing kabillions of times a day. My OCD will KILL ME!"

So...
Step 1: find a local distributor of iVisor.
Step 2: take my toy over & find out once & for all whether it will fit.
Step 3: Pray that it doesn't cost more than the casing *pout*

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This little thing has taken over my life.
Ok it hasn't been a week yet even, so I can be excused for focusing on my shineeyyyyy new toy now, can't I ?! ;)

Tablets make you really anti-social.
Ok, that's both true & false.
When you're focused on the tablet & ignoring the ppl around you, you could be accused of being anti-social... as much as texting/reading the papers at the table does.

However, tablets being the shineeyyyyy toy that it is, you find yourself engaging with the people you're with, talking about it & playing games on it, and that counts as being social doesn't it? *laugh* It does in my circles!

Most of the games I like are not free *pout*
But then again, the games I like are the adventure type where you find things & collect things & go off on quests... in HD... so I don't expect them to be free. The pirateer in me doth protest though *sigh*

The levels I *have* played though, I must say, have graphics worth mentioning! Really smooth rendering & edges, provided you install the ipad versions (as opposed to stretching the iphone ones).

Having said that, with all the games & apps I've been trying out, the fingerprints on the damn screen is driving me CRAZY. Can't wait for the matte screen protectors to be available here.

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I managed to get iTunes to upload all my epub ebooks so I'm Really happy with iBooks, even though they don't really have a lot of free books in the store. I can basically read anything that I want, and the GUI is completely intuitive. Next will be to uplaoad some of the badly done ebooks I have to see how it handles poor conversion - will the ToC work, etc.
These are tiny, miniscule details though.

Out of the box, it's lighter than the iPad, and the dimensions are pleasing. It is heavier than a book though, and I suspect that will be my pet peeve. A peeve I will counter by reminding myself that though it is heavier than the average book, it is MUCH LIGHTER than the 7000 books I could potentially load into it. And I can view manga. :) And it's backlit, so I can read in a bus/car/dark room without external lighting.

The speaker (yes, singular) on the iPad2 isn't bad. Video renders smoothly, and audio doesn't crackle even at max volume. Placing the iPad2 onto the table does boost volume & sound quality a little a it uses the surface to resonate & bounce sound. If you get a case that wraps around the whole ipad, this feature is rendered useless.

The mic is ok, but it would have to be because there is no port for an external mic. You'd need to get bluetooth headset c/w mic & sync that, blah blah blah. (Please see previous rant on how Apple makes you pay for EDT:Every Damn Thing).

The best feature I've found so far is the double click on the menu button, bringing up the task bar. This enables you to close the programs that you've previously minimized & frees up cache & RAM for other apps.

iPad2 has landed.

32GB iPad2 with 3G
Available capacity: 29GB
OS: 4.3.3 (8J2)
Micro SIM
WiFi
Bluetooth capable

Black was a good choice.
The white looks *wrong*.


Let the bitching begin.
And trust me, it has.
Fresh out of the box, can't even turn the unit on to view the desktop.
Need to download iTunes & dunno do what else.
Rawr.

When plugged into desktop/laptop, it does not tell you that it's charging.
So you don't really know it's charging or that it's charged.
Till it's not.
Rawr.

I haven't even installed iTunes yet.

Resonance...

This so resonates with me right now... like a F dim chord waiting to resolve.

Chasing Pavements - Adele

I've made up my mind, don't need to think it over
If I'm wrong I am right, don't need to look no further
This ain't lust, I know this is love

But if I tell the world, I'll never say enough
'Cause it was not said to you
And that's exactly what I need to do if I'd end up with you

Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere?
Or would it be a waste even if I knew my place
Should I leave it there?
Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere?

I build myself up and fly around in circles
Waiting as my heart drops and my back begins to tingle
Finally could this be it?

Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere?
Or would it be a waste even if I knew my place
Should I leave it there?
Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere?

Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere?
Or would it be a waste even if I knew my place
Should I leave it there?
Should I give up or should I just keep on chasing pavements
Should I just keep on chasing pavements?

Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere?
Or would it be a waste even if I knew my place
Should I leave it there?
Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements
Even if it leads nowhere?

When did you change, in the aspect of my eye?